Arthraxon

Arthraxon hispidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Arthraxoninae
Genus: Arthraxon
Species: A. antsirabensis – A. australensis – A. castratus – A. cuspidatus – A. depressus – A. echinatus – A. epectinatus – A. guizhouensis – A. hispidus – A. inermis – A. jubatus – A. junnarensis – A. lanceolatus – A. lancifolius – A. maopingensis – A. meeboldii – A. microphyllus – A. multinervus – A. nudus – A. okamotoi – A. prionodes – A. raizadae – A. santapaui – A. submuticus – A. typicus – A. villosus

Name

Arthraxon P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 111 (1812)

• Type species: Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 214 (1912).

Homonyms

• Arthraxon Tiegh. = Psittacanthus

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pleuroplitis Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 174 (1820).
  • Lucaea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 489 (1831).
  • Batratherum Nees, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 18: 180 (1835).
  • Lasiolytrum Steud., Flora 29: 18 (1846).
  • Alectoridia A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 447 (1850).
  • Barthantherum Andersson in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 799 (1852), orth. var.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Alabama, Amur, Arkansas, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 111, pl. 11, f. 6.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Arthraxon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Arthraxon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Arthraxon. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Arthraxon.

Vernacular names

English: Carpgrass
қазақша: Шаштықыз
한국어: 조개풀속
മലയാളം: ആർത്രാക്സൺ
中文: 荩草属

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